Iran Says It Arrested 8 Alleged Mossad Operatives in Khorasan Razavi
IRGC says the network planned attacks in Mashhad, with bomb-making materials recovered.
Overview
- IRGC intelligence reports a coordinated operation with the provincial judiciary led to the detentions in northeastern Iran.
- Officials allege the suspects transmitted or attempted to transmit coordinates of sensitive facilities and details on senior military figures to Israeli intelligence.
- The group allegedly received specialized online training and had contacts with separatist factions, according to the IRGC statement.
- Security forces say they seized components for launchers, bombs, explosives, and booby traps from the network.
- State media presents the arrests as part of a post–June war security drive that has included mass detentions and executions, with these claims not independently verified in the provided coverage.